Soft-collar holder



S. SAMPSON...

SOFT COLLAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1920;

1,350,569, Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

SAMUEL sAivirson, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOFT-COLLAR HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 2-1, 1920.

Application filed July 3, 1920. Serial No. 393,782.

T 0 all whomit may con cern Be it known that I, SAMUEL SAMPSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soft-Gollar Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to simplify and cheapen the construction of the article; to increase the flexibility thereof; and to adapt an article of the character mentioned for adjustment in correspondence with the service in which it is employed.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, shown in conjunction with a collar of the character mentioned;

Fig. 2 is a top edge view of the holder, portions of the collar being shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the rear member of the holder. v

Description.

The present invention relates more particularly to the improvements in the construction of collar holders such as shown in the Patent No. 1,294,954, issued to me on the 18th day of February, 1919, to which cross reference is here made. In the former construction the rear bar was provided with offsets such as indicated by the numeral 8 in the present drawings, which afford room for the reception of the hemmed edge of the collar 10, when the edge is forced between the gripping portions of the back bar 11 and the front bar 12. In the former construction also the extremities of the back bar and front bar were flared, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the present drawings. In the former construction the front and rear bars are united by riveting or otherwise attaching the middle section of the said bars, the attachment necessarily extending over a considerable area in order to afford an anchorage for the resiliency of the extended portions of the said bars.

In the present invention the bars 11 and 12 are provided with circularly curved offsets 13 and 14. The offset portions are rigidly attached at about the median section thereof, and are drawn together to approximately close the offset 14, while leaving a contracted throat 15 therefor. By attaching the offsets 18 and 14 in the manner described, the edgewise separation of the bars 11. and 12 is prevented, while the formation of the bars and of the offsets 13 and 14 prevents the lengthwise dislocation thereof. The bars 11 and 12 are stamped and shaped substantially as shown in the drawings, in the single operation for each. It is evident that the assembling of the two bars forming the collar holder is simplified all that is necessary by the fact that the rear bar 11 is bent backward toslightly open the offset 13, while the front bar 12 is bent forward, to close the offset 14. The result of these two operations is that the inner diameter of the offset 13 is enlarged, and the outer diameter of the offset 14 is contracted, so that the latter can be placed within the former easily.

When the bars are released from the forced position, the resiliency of the metal operates to close the offset 13 and to open the offset 14. In this position the two offsets are structurally united by placing a small portion of soft solder or other suitable material between the juxtaposed portions of the offsets 13 and 14. If the article is plated, the plating may be accomplished while the offsets are thus engaged, and nothing between the juxtaposed surfaces thereof, effecting the purpose accomplished by the solder as above mentioned.

Claims.

1. A soft collar holder comprising a plurality of resilient bars, each having an offset portion adjacent the center thereof, said ofi' set portions being arranged to fit one within the other. e

2. A soft collar holder comprising a plurality of resilient bars, each having an offset portion adjacent the center thereof, said offset portions being arranged to fit one within the other; and means for structurally uniting said offset portions.

3. A soft collar holder comprising a front bar having a looped offset portion centrally located, and substantially straight extensions therefrom; a rear bar having a cen trally located offset portion, adapted for infolding to form a socket for the offset portion of the front bar, said offset portions being contracted to form throated openings therefrom; and means for rigidly uniting said offset portions in their service relation.

4. A soft collar holder comprising a front bar having a looped ofi'set portioncentrally located and substantially straight extensions therefrom; a rear 'ha'r having a centrally located o'fi set portion adapted for in- 5 folding to form a socket for the offset portion of the front bar, said offset portions being contracted to form throated openings therefrom, said back portion having lateral extensions, said extensions being shaped to form rearwardly extended offsets for pockets to receive the thickened edge" of a soft collar in service; and means for rigidly uniting the bars. r SAMUEL SAMPSON; 

